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Side Quest, Episode 21: The First Party Studios Sony Shut Down (Patreon)

Published:
2018-04-30 17:38:47
Edited:
2019-01-08 23:31:34
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2022-01

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Goodnight, sweet prince.

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The PlayStation Six: The First Party Studios Sony Shut Down -- CLS Side Quest

There’s little denying that Sony and its PlayStation brand tote the strongest and most diverse first party development family in all of gaming. Thing is, that family has shed six members since 2009, some quietly, others with a flourish. This week’s Side Quest is dedicated to those six dev teams. Who were they? What games did they make? What happened to them? Well, you’re about to find out. Colin's Last Stand: Side Quest is free of baked-in ads, product placement, and other obnoxious forms of advertising because of your support. Please consider subscribing to CLS' Patreon to show your support for independent content: http://www.patreon.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS interview podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: Fireside Chats (also available on podcast services): https://soundcloud.com/colinslaststand Listen to the CLS retro podcast, Colin’s Last Stand: KnockBack (also available on podcast services): http://soundcloud.com/clsknockback Twitter: @notaxation Instagram: @clsmoriarty Facebook: /colinslaststand Colin's Last Stand is a product of Colin's Last Stand, LLC PO Box 1233 | Santa Monica, CA 90406 Still imagery via Amazon, eBay, Full Sail Blog, GiantBomb, IGN, Matt Brown, MobyGames, NeoGAF, Pinterest, Reddit, and VGBoxArt, Wikimedia, and Wikipedia. This video features footage from the following sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UvkVodgHYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yV30dalQ20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNBFpP5Elrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrpw_jZGBEQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzOPSu2AdV8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxy0v4ODPMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAJ_ibAAsY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNbrQM5e54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8LUM0Vi4zI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny3JYGXCmFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnqlf9EQ2zA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOV_rVrnezE Bibliography/Reading List: https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/jaffe-forms-eat-sleep-play https://www.sony.com/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-interactive-entertainment/2009/sony-computer-entertainment-america-announces-excl.html https://www.deseretnews.com/article/929400/Sony-buys-SL-based-Incog.html https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-01-10-sony-closing-bigbig-studios-restructuring-cambridge https://www.awn.com/news/sony-computer-ent-acquires-evolution-studios-bigbig-studios https://www.geek.com/games/sony-buys-evolution-and-bigbig-studios-568250/ http://us.playstation.com/corporate/about/press-release/322.html https://venturebeat.com/2012/03/31/sony-socom-studio-zipper-interactive/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-13169518 http://variety.com/1993/biz/news/sony-buys-software-company-107099/ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-08-22-sony-closes-wipeout-developer-sony-liverpool-report https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12japan.html https://www.vg247.com/2015/03/19/driveclub-evolution-studios-ps4-layoffs/ https://www.engadget.com/2016/03/22/sony-closes-evolution-studios/ http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38598919

Comments

Joey Finelli

I love 989 studios... NCAA gamebreaker '98 was my favorite football franchise on PS1 and i almost died when i got the console Christmas morning.

Erik Peterson

Great job Colin! Agree with Joey 989 was the highlight of the vid. I always thought 989 was Bend because of SF and the sports were just a different arm. Typically my childish assumptions were wrong and you filled in the gaps. Thanks!

Michael Miller

Thanks for reminding me of Zipper, Colin. Now I’m cranky.

Elliott

This was awesome. a great history lesson into gaming thats still relevant, didn't feel like I was overly bogged down with meaningless history, told a clear compact story. Would love to see this for Xbox though understandable that is not your expertise and would take a more extensive research background

Dav9834

Loved it! Was really close to the topic I put up for voting!

Jason Stafford

Hell yeah, Colin! Way to mix history and games! Thanks to you, I walked away from this video entertained AND edumacated!

Marc Boggio

Halfway through and I was wondering “how the hell has he not mentioned Psygnosis!?!” (I am an OG Wipeout/Colony Wars/G Police fan... yeah G Police, it was good 😒). Then you reminded me they became Sony Liverpool and closed much later than I was thinking.... I apologize for doubting your PlayStation History knowledge... even saying that out loud about you, of all people, seems insane to me that I even thought it for a second 😔

Anonymous

"Where did they come from? Where did they go?", which was followed by a cut. Please tell me you had a 'Cotton Eye Joe' reference in there....

Ray Briggs

Man I miss Colony Wars.

strawhatninja

I love looking at the studios like this. I always liked when you and Greg did this on PS I Love You. I agree with you Sony has the best first party studios and exclusives but Nintendo is close imo and if they continue to close studios they may be overtaken.

LastStandMedia
>>11958010

Thank you! I could do the same with Xbox, but yeah. Will require a bit of a deep dive for me. Not that there's anything wrong with that!

LastStandMedia
>>11968101

Some folks have been saying that, but I can't say I agree. I don't think Nintendo is approaching Sony at all. But that's my take.

Chris Coose

Was a huge fan of both SOCOM and MAG, in fact I loved MAG more. Then clan support, the massive wars fought on multiple fronts and coordination of dozens to complete and overtake objectives was fantastic. I would say it was sort of ahead of its time. I hope some day that both of those IPs get reincarnated down the road!

Ian (616Entertainment)

I’d love for you to tackle 989 simply because I don’t know too much about what happened or why, and I’m always down for a history lesson. Digging through the history on Midway could be cool, and I’ll always hope that you go deep on Kingdoms of Amalur some day. Great job on this one, Colin. An excellent topic, for sure, and you did it proud.

Nick O

I can't believe Sony have never released a PS2 Classic or HD version of Socom 2 for PS4. Socom 1 and 2 were major games in the origins of the eventual PSN community. A request for this was also second only to name changes in the most wanted thing on the official PS site for years. Do you think they ever would despite Zipper being long gone?

LastStandMedia
>>12006274

Good call on MAG being ahead of its time. I was thinking that when I was making the video. I wonder if that IP will ever see the light of day again? Unlikely.

LastStandMedia
>>12009201

Going deep on Amalur might be a problem. I'd only want to do it if #38 himself would talk to me, and I know he wouldn't. Anyway, glad you're digging the videos! Thanks for watching.

LastStandMedia
>>12015590

I think you're far more likely to see SOCOM 5 before you see the old games re-released. And that PlayStation list of asks from the audience was (and is) a total fucking farce.